Stamping-machine.



No. 702,753. Y Patented June l7, I902.

H. WATKINS.

STAMPING MACHINE.

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Patented June 17, I902.

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UNITE-D", STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY WATKINS, OF UTICA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO EGBERT M.

ANTISDEL, or UTIOA, NEW YORK.

MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part off-Letters Patent No. 702,753, dated June17, 1902.

Application filed May 31, 1901.

To aZZ whom, itmay concern: v

Be it known that I, HENRY WATKINS, ,of Utica, in the county of Oneida,in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inStamping Machines, of which the following, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in stamping-machines.

The object of this invention is to produce a simple and compact machineoperated either manually or by any other well-known powertransmittingmechanism for marking any desired form or outline upon garments or otherarticles.

Another object is to provide means whereby the stamping-die isalternately and successively inked before being moved into contact withthe article to be stamped.

A further object is to so arrange the inking mechanism and movable diethat one part forms a' suitable stop for the other for hold ing the samein their inoperative positions.

A still further object is to provide means whereby the die is invertedduring its movement toward and away from a suitable bedplate forsupporting the articles to be stamped for alternately contacting thestamping-surface of the die with the inking-pad and article to bestamped; l

Another object is to provide a bed-plate with suitable graduations andindex-fingers, whereby the articles to be stamped may be always arrangedin the same position relative to the die.

To this end'the invention consists in the combination, construction, andarrangement of the parts of a stamping-machine, as hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in' the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figures 1, 2, and 3 are respectively topplan, front, and side elevations of a stamping-machine embodying thevarious features of my invention, the stamping-die and printing-padbeing shown in their inking positions or in contact with each other.Fig.4 is an" enlarged elevation of the upper portion of'the machine seenin Figs. 2 and 3, the stamping-die being shown in its operative positionin the act of imprinting a Serial No- 62329. on; model.)

,. form or outline upon the article to be stamped and the inking-padbeing shown as rocked "upwardly. Figs. 5 and 6 are sectional views takenon line 5 5, Fig. 2, and 6 6, Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is an isometric perspectiveview of a detached stamping-die for marking the outline of the neck ofthe garment.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all theviews. Although I have shown in the drawings a machine having a dieadapted to stamp the form of the neck of garments, yet it will beobvious that this machine may be adapted for various other uses and thatthe form of the die may therefore be changed or diiferent dies attachedto the machine for marking or stamping the desired outline upon anyarticle. In fact it is apparent that instead of using the die for thepurpose of marking the articles it may be provided with a cutting edgeadapted to cut the article to the desired form. As seen in the drawings,this invention consists of a supporting-frame 1, a bed-plate 2,- mountedon the frame, stamping-die 3, movable toward and away. from thebed-plate, andan inking-pad 4.. The frame 1 maybe of any" desired form,size, or construction, being here illustrated as provided with'a'base 5,an uprightstandard ,6, and a rearward-ly extending bracket 7. Thebed-plate 2 islmounted upon the upper end of the upright standard 6,preferably projecting forwardly-therefrom for the purpose of receivingand supporting the garments or other articles to be stamped, the upperface of said bed-plate being substantially flat and is provided with ascale 2', graduated relative to the printing position of the die. Thegraduations are preferably numbered in inches or other denominationsfrom the center or printing-point, as zero, in either direction towardthe opposite ends of the bedplate. These graduations cooperate withsuitable fingers 9, which Y are adjustable lengthwise of the bed-plate,being usually arranged at the rear of the plate and their forward endsbeing pointed and movable along the graduations of the scale 8 forpermitting the operator to stamp the articles at a predeterminedposition-as, for instance, when the device is used for marking theoutline of the neck of garments adapted to be subsequently cut on saidmark the garment is straightened out upon the bed-plate,with theshoulders alined with the fingers 9, said fingers being previouslyadjusted to the same graduation at either side from the point ofstamping, these numbers or graduations representing the width across theshoulders of the garment, and the die will therefore make an impressionor mark upon the garment at a point substantially midway between theshoulder-tips or fingers 9. It is evident, however, that these fingersmay be adjusted other than at equal distances from the printing positionof the die and that when said fingers are set any number of articles maybe printed in the same position. The fingers 9 are movable along the rib10, formed on the rear face of the bed-plate 2, and are held in theiradjusted position by suitable set-screws or equivalent clamps 11.

The die 3 is movable toward and away from the bed-plate 2 and isarranged to alternately contact with the garment or other article to bestamped on said plate and with the inking-pad 4, and in order to eifectthis alternate inking and printing of the die I preferably mount saiddie upon a suitable rock-shaft 12, which is provided with a segment of agear 13, meshing with a fixed rack 14, said rock-shaft being mounted onone end of a rock-arm 15, which is pivoted at its other end to thebracket 7, so that as the arm is rocked upon the pivot 17 the die 3 willbe inverted during its movement from the ink ing-pad toward thebed-plate 2 and will also be returned to its normal position against theinking-pad upon the return movement of the rock-arm 15.

The segmental rack 14 is preferably moun ted upon one of a pair ofupright spindles 18, being adjustable vertically thereon and held in itsadjusted position by a suitable setscrew or equivalent device 19.

The stamping-die 3 is detachably mounted upon a suitable frame 20, whichis secured to the rock-shaft 12, said frame being provided withopen-ended slots 21 for receiving clamping-screws 22, provided on thestamping-die 3 and depending therefrom. It is thus evident that any formof die having screws 22, adapted to be inserted in the slots 21, may bereadily attached to the frame and held in position by the nuts orthumb-screws 22. Although I have described a specific form of supportfor the stamping-die, it will be apparent that any other equivalentdevice maybe used for permitting different stamping-dies to be placed inposition or mounted upon the rock-shaft 12.

The inking-pad at may also be of any desired form or constructionadapted to ink the stamping-surface of the die 3, and, as seen in thedrawings, this pad is adj ustably mounted upon a rock-arm 24;, which ispivoted at 25 to a bracket or arm 26, said bracket or arm being adjustably mounted upon the upright spindles 18 and held in position bysetscrews or equivalent clamping means 27. This rock-arm 24: is providedwith a rearward extension 28, connected by a link 29 to the intermediateportion of the rock-arm 15, and it is evident that as the arm 15 isrocked for forcing the die toward the bed-plate 2 the arm 24: is alsorocked in a reverse direction for moving the inking-pad away from thebed-plate, or rather away from the die 3, and that said die andinking-pad when returned to their normal positions form suitable stopsfor limiting their movement toward each other.Atthesametimetheinking-padserves to ink the printing-surface of the die3.

The purpose of adjustably mounting the inking-pad upon the arm 24 is,first, that the pad may be readily adjusted to contact with the entireprinting-surface of the die 3, and consequently to permit the pad to bemoved to different positions relative to the die 3 in order that thewear incidental'to the contact of the die with the surface of the padmay be distributed over the entire surface of the pad, therebyprolonging the life of the inking device and insuring a perfect contactand inksupply to the stamping-surface of the die.

Any desired means may be employed for rocking the arm 15, and I havehere shown a foot-lever or treadle 30, pivoted at 31 to the base 5 andconnected to the arm 15 by a suitable link or rod 32, so that as thelever is depressed the arms 15 and 124; are rocked in reversedirections, the die being moved toward the bed-plate and the inking-padbeing moved away from the die.

In order to return the foot-lever 30 and the movable parts actuatedthereby to their normal positions,I preferably connect the treadle 30 tothe brackets 7 by a suitable spring 34, which in this instance encirclesthe rod 32 and is partially supported thereby.

In the operation of my invention when desired to stamp the garment orother article the die having the proper form is secured to the frame 20,the garment or other article is then placed in position upon thebed-plate 2 in the path of the die, and the foot-lever 30 is thendepressed against the action of the spring 34, thereby moving theprinted surface of the -die from the inking-pad, inverting the same inits travel, and forcing the printing surface into contact with thegarment or other article on the table 2. WVhen the pressure upon thelever 30 is released, the spring 34 automatically returns the die andinking-pad to their normal positions.

The operation of my invention will now be readily understood uponreference to the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings,and it will be noted that some change may be made in the detailconstruction and operation of the parts of my invention. withoutdeparting from the spirit thereof. Therefore I. do not limit myself tothe precise construction and arrangement as is shown and described.

Havingthus described my invention, what I claimyand desire to secure byLetters Patent, isy 1. A garment-stamping machine comprisinga bed-plate,an invertible die and an inkits die as the lever is rocked.

toward and away fromveachother means for t inverting the die as it ismovedtoward and from the pad, the die' being movable into engagementwith the article to be stamped and means for simultaneously actuatingthe die and inking-pad invopposite directions.

4. In amachinefor stamping garments; the combination'with aibed-plate, alever having a rock-shaft and a diesecured-to the rockshaft saidrock-shaft and its-die being movabletoward and away from the bed-plate,a graduated scale on the bed-plate extending in either direction fromtheprintingposition graduations means foroperating the'lever, andadditional means for rocking the shaft and ofthe die index-fingersmovablealongsaid- 1 In witness whereof I have hereuntoset my handthis29th day of May,1901.

HENRY WATKINS. Witnesses:

J. J. CONLON,

WM. G. DOOLITTLE.

